Mitchell Lurie RIP

[MiNe 109]

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Mitchell Lurie, a world-renowned clarinetist and clarinet teacher who
taught for many years at USC and the Music Academy of the West in Santa
Barbara, has died. He was 86.

Lurie, who had been in ill health in recent years, died of pneumonia
Monday at his home in West Los Angeles, said his son, Dr. Alan Lurie.

A Brooklyn native who grew up in Los Angeles, Lurie was the principal
clarinetist for the Pittsburgh Symphony and then the Chicago Symphony in
the late 1940s.

He then launched a long career in Hollywood as a top clarinetist for
film studios and became a distinguished chamber musician, who may have
been best known for his numerous performances with the Budapest String
Quartet and the Muir String Quartet.

Pablo Casals, the great Spanish cellist and conductor with whom Lurie
once performed, called him the "ideal clarinetist."
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Stephen

[Jenn[_3_]]

In article >,
MiNe 109 > wrote:

> <http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-lurie30-2008nov30,0,263373.
> story>
>
> Mitchell Lurie, a world-renowned clarinetist and clarinet teacher who
> taught for many years at USC and the Music Academy of the West in Santa
> Barbara, has died. He was 86.
>
> Lurie, who had been in ill health in recent years, died of pneumonia
> Monday at his home in West Los Angeles, said his son, Dr. Alan Lurie.
>
> A Brooklyn native who grew up in Los Angeles, Lurie was the principal
> clarinetist for the Pittsburgh Symphony and then the Chicago Symphony in
> the late 1940s.
>
> He then launched a long career in Hollywood as a top clarinetist for
> film studios and became a distinguished chamber musician, who may have
> been best known for his numerous performances with the Budapest String
> Quartet and the Muir String Quartet.
>
> Pablo Casals, the great Spanish cellist and conductor with whom Lurie
> once performed, called him the "ideal clarinetist."
> --
>
> Stephen

To paraphrase myself concerning another musician, Mitchell might
possibly be the most heard woodwind player of all time. Such sweet
tone. Condolences to Leona and the rest of his family.

[Clyde Slick]

On 3 Dec, 00:26, MiNe 109 > wrote:
> <http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-lurie30-2008nov30,0,263373.
> story>
>
> Mitchell Lurie, a world-renowned clarinetist and clarinet teacher who
> taught for many years at USC and the Music Academy of the West in Santa
> Barbara, has died. He was 86.
>
> Lurie, who had been in ill health in recent years, died of pneumonia
> Monday at his home in West Los Angeles, said his son, Dr. Alan Lurie.
>
> A Brooklyn native who grew up in Los Angeles, Lurie was the principal
> clarinetist for the Pittsburgh Symphony and then the Chicago Symphony in
> the late 1940s.
>
> He then launched a long career in Hollywood as a top clarinetist for
> film studios and became a distinguished chamber musician, who may have
> been best known for his numerous performances with the Budapest String
> Quartet and the Muir String Quartet.
>
> Pablo Casals, the great Spanish cellist and conductor with whom Lurie
> once performed, called him the "ideal clarinetist."
> --
>

MUSICAL TRIBUTE PAID TO EXTRAORDINARY CLARINET
INSTRUCTOR/PERFORMER SIDNEY FORREST




Photo by Michiko Yurko

Levine clarinetist Sidney Forrest enjoys his musical tribute
with daughter Paula.
In honor of his 88th birthday, Sidney Forrest, Levine’s extraordinary
clarinet teacher and performing artist, was a recipient of a musical
tribute this past fall. As part of the event, a Clarinet Scholarship
Fund
at the Levine School was established to ensure music instruction will
be available for the next generation of clarinet students. The
afternoon included performances and tributes by past and
current clarinet students from all over the country, many of
whom are performing artists and teachers themselves.

Forrest has made major contributions to the musical world,
both as an artist and as a teacher. After studying with such
legendary teachers as Simeon Bellison and Alex Williams of
the New York Philharmonic, he was a soloist with “The
President’s Own,” a famous group of the U.S. Marine Corp.
Band, during World War II, playing frequently for President
Roosevelt. After the war, he served as principal clarinetist with the
National Symphony Orchestra. He has given innumerable recitals
in such venues as Carnegie Recital Hall, the Library of Congress,
the National Gallery and the Phillips Gallery. His solo performances
with orchestras include the Aaron Copland Concerto for Clarinet with
the composer conducting. He has recorded numerous staples of the
clarinet repertoire, including the Hindemith Sonata and the Grand
Duo Concertante by Carl Maria von Weber.


Past and present clarinet students gather to pay tribute to the
incomparable faculty-artist Sidney Forrest on the occasion of his 88th
birthday.
Forrest taught at the Peabody Conservatory for 40 years and
spent 45 summers on the faculty at the world renowned Interlochen
Arts Center in Michigan. He also served on the faculties of American,
Catholic and George Washington Universities as well as the Levine
School of Music, where he continues to teach. In July 2006 Mr.
Forrest coached chamber music at the Amalfi Coast Music Festival in
Italy.